It seems like they already did (somebody said fatman had 400 on fleet and was only listed as heavy compared to 200 last week with very heavy).
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Star Wars: The Old Republic |OT2| In a F2Play galaxy far, far away
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It seems like they already did (somebody said fatman had 400 on fleet and was only listed as heavy compared to 200 last week with very heavy).
FieryBalrog
Member
Holy shit, 80 origin servers onto 19 destination servers? Population must be pretty bad, that's 40% of all servers being cleared out.
BattleMonkey
Member
Wow yea they did seem to increase server capacity then. The fleet instanced or they actually allow 400 on fleet now?
The destinations seem to have higher pop caps than before and less instancing going on from forum reports, plus you got a bunch of people who simply are not transfering for various reasons yet and will need to be forced off with merges eventually. They had originally over 200 servers with tiny pop caps at launch which caused so many problems.
Mav, if you don't mind me asking.. what guild are you in?
I'm not on Swiftsure, was just expecting to go there.
I guess i'll see you on the bastion then. lol
Last Hearth
Member
I think the spreading too thin of the populations did more to kill this game than anything else, hopefully now with packed servers and good experiences the game will start to grow again.
It's nice to see 250+ on the fleet. It's strange going from maybe 75 during primetime to "OH MY GOD SO MANY PEOPLE." This ended up being a really good move by bioware.
Anoregon
The flight plan I just filed with the agency list me, my men, Dr. Pavel here. But only one of you!
The spreading itself definitely did some serious damage, but it's the way it exacerbated other issues, like lack of LFG tools and a fairly lackluster endgame in general that really hurt.
Azwethinkweiz
Member
I logged in to Fatman to change my legacy name since I knew my old one would be taken and there were 250 people on the fleet at 2:30pm. Quite a far cry from 5 people on the fleet during primetime.
Pretty much.
BattleMonkey
Member
Yea it did. Almost as many servers as WoW has with a tenth of the playerbase? At launch they kept opening more servers even when they had severs that were standard and no wait.
maabus1999
Member
Take note all future MMO's: Develop a way to handle server boom-bust populations better. Be it overflow, cloning the server temporarily, merging, etc... They already have instancing tech on most games; now they need to take it to the next level with worlds building.
Oh not saying it is an easy task here, but it is almost damn necessary to keep the game alive past the first few months, especially if hyped up (SWTOR needed these servers for about 1 month, then it cooled off quickly)
Oh not saying it is an easy task here, but it is almost damn necessary to keep the game alive past the first few months, especially if hyped up (SWTOR needed these servers for about 1 month, then it cooled off quickly)
StudioTan
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Then wow they seriously upped the population limits on each server because all the destination servers, including Fatman, are currently listed as Standard.
maabus1999
Member
Supposedly they now have "mega servers" (say that with a booming voice for effect!)
No clue what that means...yet, but may explain those numbers.
BattleMonkey
Member
Lot of games have already done well using instancing. Most MMOs out that are one server are really just multiple servers with instances. The tech is not really new like some MMO's have tried to make it seem like.
maabus1999
Member
Throw in some new content fast, make sure the ranking pvp works and is fast paced, make sure the other social tools are working, and they may have a chance to see sub numbers start going up again.
From what I've seen on JC, the pubs made out pretty nice. The JC imps already hate them, and they seem to be able to queue as groups (I've ran into 6 8 man premades now) mostly at will. I haven't seen many pub scrubs, but I have seen a fair share of imp ones who just got their recruit gear.
maabus1999
Member
Yes, with creative load handling (like EVE) it works well. Now that server tech seemingly is improving fast with Cloud computing research, they should be able to be able to apply it to almost any idea they can. I am honestly ok if I see 4 different "zones" and even have to switch to find friends, knowing there is 50000 people on the server to do things.
Francois424
Neo Member
Still nothing for MindTrick.
By the time I get there all my toons will only have droid names */cry*
Should be OK for Legacy Name tho.
By the time I get there all my toons will only have droid names */cry*
Should be OK for Legacy Name tho.
Don't worry, BW makes sure to put me with all the scrubs against the imp premades.
Anoregon
The flight plan I just filed with the agency list me, my men, Dr. Pavel here. But only one of you!
Yeah, the game is definitely salvagable to having a long-term presence and playerbase if they do manage to get their act together appropriately. The real question is if they will manage to remain purely subscription or implement a F2P hybrid model like DDO.
Once 1.3 comes out, they need to focus on pushing out content as fast as possible. 2 content patches in 6+ months is ridiculous.
BattleMonkey
Member
1.1 shouldn't count since it was a couple weeks after launch and only really added a flashpoint. 1.3 is not really a content update. Technically we have gotten one actual content update in 6 months, which is pathetic.
Apparently you can now transfer from swiftsure to the bastion.
Megaservers confirmed.
UPDATE 3:00PM CDT June 13th, 2012
Origin Server --> Destination Server
NA Server
Ki-Ta Kren --> Jedi Covenant
Telos Restoration Project --> Jedi Covenant
Axial Park --> Jedi Covenant
Hanharr --> Jedi Covenant
Fort Garnik --> Jedi Covenant
Kaas City --> Canderous Ordo
Assassins of Sion --> Canderous Ordo
The Constant --> Canderous Ordo
Wall of Light --> The Harbinger
Zaalbar --> The Harbinger
Kaiburr Crystal --> The Harbinger
Master Gnost-Dural --> Drooga's Pleasure Barge
Lord Praven --> Drooga's Pleasure Barge
Dark Reaper --> The Bastion
The Swiftsure --> The Bastion
Wound in the Force --> The Bastion
Warriors of the Shadow --> The Bastion
Shadowtown --> The Bastion
Mandalore the Indomitable --> The Bastion
Infinite Empire --> The Bastion
The Maw --> The Bastion
European Server (German)
Opila Crystal --> The Jedi Tower
Darth Revan's Mask --> Jar'Kai Sword
Darth Traya --> Jar'Kai Sword
Exis Station --> Jar'Kai Sword
Brianna --> Jar'Kai Sword
Blotus the Hutt --> Jar'Kai Sword
European Server (English)
Dxun Battle Circle --> The Red Eclipse
Kellian Jarro --> The Red Eclipse
Flames of the Crucible --> The Red Eclipse
The Arkanian Legacy --> The Red Eclipse
Starstorm One --> Tomb of Freedon Nadd
Ahto City --> Tomb of Freedon Nadd
The Ravager --> Tomb of Freedon Nadd
Niman --> Tomb of Freedon Nadd
Hex Droid --> Tomb of Freedon Nadd
Scepter of Ragnos --> Tomb of Freedon Nadd
Chuundar --> Tomb of Freedon Nadd
Trayus Academy --> Tomb of Freedon Nadd
Tott Doneeta --> Tomb of Freedon Nadd
European Server (French)
Hrakert Rift --> Darth Nihilus
Star Map --> Darth Nihilus
Megaservers confirmed.
UPDATE 3:00PM CDT June 13th, 2012
Origin Server --> Destination Server
NA Server
Ki-Ta Kren --> Jedi Covenant
Telos Restoration Project --> Jedi Covenant
Axial Park --> Jedi Covenant
Hanharr --> Jedi Covenant
Fort Garnik --> Jedi Covenant
Kaas City --> Canderous Ordo
Assassins of Sion --> Canderous Ordo
The Constant --> Canderous Ordo
Wall of Light --> The Harbinger
Zaalbar --> The Harbinger
Kaiburr Crystal --> The Harbinger
Master Gnost-Dural --> Drooga's Pleasure Barge
Lord Praven --> Drooga's Pleasure Barge
Dark Reaper --> The Bastion
The Swiftsure --> The Bastion
Wound in the Force --> The Bastion
Warriors of the Shadow --> The Bastion
Shadowtown --> The Bastion
Mandalore the Indomitable --> The Bastion
Infinite Empire --> The Bastion
The Maw --> The Bastion
European Server (German)
Opila Crystal --> The Jedi Tower
Darth Revan's Mask --> Jar'Kai Sword
Darth Traya --> Jar'Kai Sword
Exis Station --> Jar'Kai Sword
Brianna --> Jar'Kai Sword
Blotus the Hutt --> Jar'Kai Sword
European Server (English)
Dxun Battle Circle --> The Red Eclipse
Kellian Jarro --> The Red Eclipse
Flames of the Crucible --> The Red Eclipse
The Arkanian Legacy --> The Red Eclipse
Starstorm One --> Tomb of Freedon Nadd
Ahto City --> Tomb of Freedon Nadd
The Ravager --> Tomb of Freedon Nadd
Niman --> Tomb of Freedon Nadd
Hex Droid --> Tomb of Freedon Nadd
Scepter of Ragnos --> Tomb of Freedon Nadd
Chuundar --> Tomb of Freedon Nadd
Trayus Academy --> Tomb of Freedon Nadd
Tott Doneeta --> Tomb of Freedon Nadd
European Server (French)
Hrakert Rift --> Darth Nihilus
Star Map --> Darth Nihilus
HarryDemeanor
Member
It can either complete instantly or a couple minutes. It was pretty quick for me.
BattleMonkey
Member
Still no transfer for me? Time to post stupid shit on the main forum!
Gat damn.
wait... so we are going to be playing with a bunch of Europeans on bastion?
HarryDemeanor
Member
No the servers were labeled incorrectly as European servers on that list. It's fixed now. All of those servers are NA servers.
Well, I am kinda annoyed, they really didn't handle the name/legacy thing gracefully (and you know IT WAS THE HUGE THING for 1.1.)
Giolon
Member
Hey, character appearance is important to me. There's a reason loads of people bitched about the 1.2 armors, b/c they look un-star wars-like and goofy. Part of the reason I play is to have a cool-looking character, and I don't think I'm the only one (even if I am, it wouldn't change my opinions). I'd like my character to be able to wear a hat or a hood - that's a legitimate desire. It's not the reason to quit, but it's one more papercut upon the others that have already built up (new shitty Project animation, Empire favoritism, buggy Operations, poor dev communication, buggy Republic Datacrons, lies about crafting, over-expensive moddable gear system, and bad AH interface just to name a few).
Francois424
Neo Member
Althought it IS minor, I agree with Giolon myself.
They really need to make a toggle for that. Because before ppl that wanted no hoods were bitching, now it's the otehr ppl that were satisfied before that are bitching... heh
They really need to make a toggle for that. Because before ppl that wanted no hoods were bitching, now it's the otehr ppl that were satisfied before that are bitching... heh
BattleMonkey
Member
Like the mix of armors we get, helps fit with the fantasy and time period instead of the awful KOTOR designs that simply copied the OT. Course it's true they simply had alot of bad designs, I just hope we don't get nothing but pure clones of OT/PT clothing from now on. Fantasy like inspiration mixed with sci fi is what kotor should have been that would have actually fit with the world created by Dark Horse.
And they are reducing mod swap costs and you can always use orange gear. Their biggest problem to me has simply been not letting a person swap out their Columi/Rakata set bonuses which has caused majority of players to not even bother with switching to orange gear looks they like, even if they can afford it.
And they are reducing mod swap costs and you can always use orange gear. Their biggest problem to me has simply been not letting a person swap out their Columi/Rakata set bonuses which has caused majority of players to not even bother with switching to orange gear looks they like, even if they can afford it.
Agreed.
It leads me to wonder...were the first group of the transfers yesterday (KV included) the biggest fish of what was left fed into the biggest pond?
Just wondering, cause they've added like 8 or 9 more servers to us, and now they are doing multiples at a time....these servers must be down in the low 10-20 range of active players on each side or something, or they have seriously done some work on the servers.
Nah ... there's a bunch of pve east servers that had around the same pop as Kv or a little bit higher, some are definetely going to be a source server.